The Royal Children's Hospital

Disability Development & Support Officer. Permanent Part Time - Bentleigh

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Melbourne, AU (Onsite)  •  13 days ago
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Job Description

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Provide active support to people with disability living in a Supported Independent Living home in Bentleigh. The people you will be supporting are very active and love to access the community.

To provide best support the successful candidate will have previous experience working with behaviour support plans, being able to understand and implement these strategies with confidence.

You will be a dedicated and compassionate support worker who is passionate about active support and helping people achieve their goals and dreams. You must be able to commit to the set permanent part time roster below which includes sleepover shifts.
Roster Split 51:30/43:30

Note, this is a set roster in line with the needs of the people being supported and so cannot be altered.

Key responsibilities:

  • Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
  • Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
  • Maintain thorough record keeping
  • Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
  • Advocate for client choice and control


Skills & Experience

  • Experience with behaviour support plans
  • A commitment to supporting and promoting the individual needs, skills, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities.
  • Ability to develop a positive relationship with clients and to support their Individual Personal Plan.
  • Confidence and experience in providing personal care
  • Experience in manual handling
  • Cert IV in Disability or similar
  • A current Senior First Aid (level 2) Certificate.
  • A current unrestricted Driver Licence and willingness to drive a company van.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and an International Criminal History Record Check; if you have resided for 12 months or more outside of Australia in the last 10 years.

Benefits

  • Work for one of Australia’s largest social purpose organisations
  • Life Without Barriers offers ongoing training, support and career advancement opportunities
  • Ongoing roster line with a stable, predictable roster


How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight Monday the 25th of May

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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